HomeMy WebLinkAbout002 - 02/19/1938 - PROHIBITING THE PRACTICE OF GOING IN AND UPON PRIVATE RESIDENCES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND OFFICES IN TH ORDINANCE NO 20 1938
BEING AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE PRACTICE OF
GOING IN AND UPON PRIVATE RESIDENCES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND
OFFICES IN THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO , BY SOLICITORS,
PEDDLERS, HAWKERS, ITINERANT MERCHANTS AND TRANSIENT VENDORS
OF GOODS, WARES AND MERCHANDISE, BOOKS, PICTURES AND PERIOD-
ICALS, NOT HAVING BEEN REQUESTED OR INVITED SO TO DO, DECLARING
SUCK. PRACTICE TO BE A NUISANCE AND FIXING A PENALTY FOR THE
VIOLATION THEREOF
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
Section 1 The practice of going in and upon private
residences , public buildings and offices in the City of Fort
Collins Colorado by solicitors peddlers , hawkers itinerant
merchants and transient vendors of goods, wares and merchandise,
books , pictures and periodicals , npt having been requested or
invited so to do by the owner or owners , occupant or occupants
of said private residences , public buildings or offices for the
purpose of soliciting orders for the sale of goods wares and
merchandise, or books pictures or periodicals or for the
purpose of disposing of or peddling or hawking the same is
hereby declared to be a nuisance and to be unlawful
Section 2 Any attempt to obtain an invitation
to visit such private residences public buildings and offices
by personal solicitations, or promise of any demonstrations ,
pecuniary benefit , advantage or any gift , shall be deemed a
violation of the terms and provisions of this ordinance
Section 3 The Chief of Police and police force
of the City of Fort Collins are hereby required and directed to
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suppress the same and to abate any such nuisance as is
described in the first section of this ordinance
Section 4 Any person, fi}•m, co-partnership or
corporation convicted of perpetrating a nuisance as defined
in this ordinance shall be fined in a sum of not less than
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$5 00 nor more than $300 00
Section 5 All ordinances and parts of
ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed
Section 6 Should any portion, phrase or
paragraph of this ordinance be declared unconstitutional or
void, it shall not affect the remaining phrases and paragraphs
of this ordinance
Section 7 In the opinion of the City Council
an emergency exists for the preservation of the public health,
peace and safety, and this ordinance shall take effect upon
its passage under and by virtue of the authority contained in
Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter
Introduced, read at length and adopted by the
unanimous vote of all members of the City Council at a regular
adjourned meeting held this 19th day of February, A D 1938
Comm ss er a and Ex-Ufficio
Attest kayor
Clty Clerk
STATE OF COLORADO, }
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County of Larimer )
I , MILES F HOUSE, City Clerk of the
City of Fort Collins , do hereby certify and declare that the
foregoing Ordinance , consisting of seven (7) sections, was duly
proposed and read at length at a regular adjourned meeting of
the City Council held on the 19th day of February A D 1938
and was duly adopted and ordered published in the Mountain and
Plains Weekly a weekly newspaper and an official newspaper of
the City of Fort Collins , by the unanimous vote of all members
of the City Council, as an emergency ordinance , in accordance
with the provisions of Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the
City Charter, and thereafter and on to-wit the 25th day of
February, A D 1938, said Ordinance No 2 , 1938, was duly
published in the Mountain and Plains Weekly, a weekly newspaper
published in the City of Fort Collins , Colorado
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said City, this 25th day of
February, A D 1938
City C er